Dermatological Agents

Multum Therapeutic Class Comparison, United States, 2020

Total Prescriptions in (2020)

Drug Name	Total Prescriptions (2020)	Percent Share
Diclofenac	9,926,750	17.8%
Triamcinolone	6,422,562	11.5%
Clindamycin	5,131,000	9.2%
Hydrocortisone	3,998,412	7.2%
Ketoconazole	3,417,349	6.1%
Clobetasol	3,395,469	6.1%
Mupirocin	2,373,039	4.3%
Nystatin	2,068,647	3.7%
Tretinoin	2,045,305	3.7%
Mometasone	1,954,899	3.5%
Betamethasone	1,934,651	3.5%
Fluocinonide	1,282,149	2.3%
Betamethasone; Clotrimazole	1,007,453	1.8%
Fluorouracil	962,262	1.7%
Clotrimazole	839,317	1.5%
Ciclopirox	791,371	1.4%
Lidocaine	745,363	1.3%
Benzoyl Peroxide; Clindamycin	700,592	1.3%
Tacrolimus	554,258	1%
Calcipotriene	518,466	0.9%
Hydroquinone	484,505	0.9%
Imiquimod	463,546	0.8%
Lidocaine; Prilocaine	440,877	0.8%
Benzoyl Peroxide	434,768	0.8%
Silver Sulfadiazine	394,389	0.7%
Lactate	377,493	0.7%
Adapalene; Benzoyl Peroxide	309,797	0.6%
Desonide	295,846	0.5%
Dapsone	276,517	0.5%
Sulfacetamide; Sulfur	254,801	0.5%
Adapalene	238,869	0.4%
Azelate	221,814	0.4%
Bacitracin; Neomycin; Polymyxin B	179,559	0.3%
Menthol; Methyl Salicylate	159,995	0.3%
Bacitracin	118,565	0.2%
Ivermectin	116,375	0.2%
Permethrin	103,746	0.2%
Sulfacetamide	101,959	0.2%
Fluocinolone; Hydroquinone; Tretinoin	100,587	0.2%
Urea	100,480	0.2%
Collagenase	93,358	0.2%
Pyrithione	70,691	0.1%
Podofilox	47,955	0.1%
Salicylic Acid	39,951	0.1%
Gentamicin	37,567	0.1%
Hydrogen Peroxide	35,848	0.1%
Spinosad	29,055	0.1%
Witch Hazel	21,624	0%
Tazarotene	14,361	0%
Cadexomer Iodine	10,997	0%
Petrolatum	6,327	0%
Avobenzone; Octocrylene	4,545	0%
Menthol; Camphor	1,488	0%

Total Prescriptions by Drug Over Time

Drug Class Prescribing Trends Over Time

Prescription data source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2013-2020. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, MD. ClinCalc DrugStats Database version 2022.08. Read more about the ClinCalc DrugStats database.

All ClinCalc DrugStats figures and graphs on this page are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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